emergency phase

emergency phase

A generic term meaning, as the case may be, uncertainty phase, alert phase, or distress phase (ICAO). An uncertainty phase is a situation in which an uncertainty exists regarding the safety of an aircraft and its occupants. The code word for this phase is INCEFRA. The alert phase, or ALEFRA, is a situation in which there is apprehension about the safety of an aircraft and its occupants. This phase begins following INCEFRA, when the communication search has failed to reveal any news of the aircraft; an aircraft that has been cleared fails to land within five minutes after the estimated time of landing and communication has not been reestablished with the aircraft; or information has been received that indicates that the operating efficiency of the aircraft has been impaired but not to the extent that a forced landing is likely. The distress phase, or DETRESFA, is a situation where there is a reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance. This phase begins when the fuel on board is believed exhausted or insufficient to enable the aircraft to land safely; information is received that indicates the operating efficiency of the aircraft has been impaired to the extent that a forced landing is likely; or information is received that an aircraft is about to make, or has made, a forced landing.

Built upon an existing Distribution Centre established during the initial emergency phase of humanitarian operations in Zaatari in 2013 to support the provision of basic household items, clothing, seasonal non-food item, as well as one-off in kind distributions, the new centre; open to all humanitarian partners in the Camp, will accommodate simultaneous distributions while offering improved services to Syrian refugees.

In collaboration with the government, other UN agencies and non-governmental partners, WFP has met immediate food and nutrition needs of more than 455,000 people in the worst flood-hit areas by the end of emergency phase.

During the emergency phase, the Red Cross was able to provide emergency cash relief assistance to 90, 779 families, the biggest ever cash transfer programming operations in the RCRC Movement history after an emergency or disaster.

As for electricity, a completion rate of approximately 95% is reported with regard to rehabilitating electricity networks and connecting power to Gaza citizens, while the water emergency phase interventions have been completed within six months.

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